Pendent dress form



Aug. 10, 1948. J, lNsLEY 2,446,832

PENDENT DRESS FORM Filed May 2'7, 1946 JACOB H. INSLEY Patented Aug. 19, 1948 iJNiTED STATES RATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

My invention is intended to eliminate the use of living models for displaying ladies clothes, yet providing means for advantageously exhibiting the clothes with facility and expedition.

It is within the objects of this invention to provide an extremely light-weight form which may be pendently supported by the salesperson during exhibition or display of the clothes, the i'orm being rotatable, while in a pendent position, without movement of the hand from which the form is suspended; to provide a form which may be turned around in either a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction, on a vertical axis, while suspended from a horizontal support; to provide suspension means for the form which is detachably engaged with the top of the form in a manner to permit free rotation of the form; and to provide a combination dress form and hanger made of inexpensive light weight material adapted for use in manufacturers show rooms, retail stores, stockrooms or wardrobes.

Other objects of the invention will be manifest from the following description of the present preferred form of my invention, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, where- Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a pendent dress form constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Figure 2 is a detail fragmentary vertical sectional view showing the manner of connecting the suspension means to the neck part of the form;

Figure 3 a rear elevational view of the invention; and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the neck portion of the form showing the manner of extending the suspension means therethrough, dotted lines being employed to indicate the potential path of movement of the form.

The device of the present invention includes a form generally designated 4 which may be of any desired contour and is preferably made in different sizes. The shape of the form may be varied to conform to the garment being exhibited. In the present instance, I have in the drawings shown a form which is conventional in front elevation including a circular neck portion 5, the top of which is closed. The closed upper end of the neck is provided with a concentric opening 5 for a purpose hereinafter described. The form i, as shown to advantage in 'Figure 3, is backless, to reduce its weight and correspondingly its cost, the marginal edges thereof being restrained from lateral spreading by means 5. The means 6 in the present instance may consist of straps or bands suitably secured to the form.

Mounted within the form is suspension means generally designated 1. This means includes a hook 3, one end of which is formed to provide threaded shank 9. The shank 9 is engageable through the opening 5' and when so engaged is adapted for the reception of a relatively large washer It and nut II. If desired, the washer Hi and nut Il may be formed integral. The hook 8 overhangs the neck portion 5 of the form and may ,be pendently supported by the hand of the sales person during the display or exhibit of the garment mounted on the form. The hook may also be engaged with any other supporting means such as a horizontal bar in the stockroom, display case or the like. It is of the essence of importance in the present invention that the suspension means 1, including the hook 8, be so mounted that the form 4 may be rotated in either a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction at the option of the user. This permits the garment to be completely exhibited without movement of the suspension means I and its hook 8.

The form 4 may be made of papier-mach or like inexpensive material which can be molded or pressed into any predetermined shape or contour.

As advantageously illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawing, the suspension means is detachably engaged with the top of the form. Additionally, the suspension means is so engaged with the form that the latter may be freely rotated on the shank of the hook 8 as an axis, regardless of the character of the support with which the hook is engaged. Although I have herein described the preferred form of my invention, it is of course to be understood that various changes may be made therein within the scope of the claims hereto appended.

What I claim is:

1. Means for supporting ladies garments for display purposes comprising a backless form of a contour simulating the human torso including a neck portion, the top of which is closed and provided with an opening, suspension means mounted in the form, a portion of the suspension means extending upwardly through the opening in the top of the neck portion of the form, said extending portion of the suspension means being swivelly mounted to permit movement of the form thereon in a clockwise and counterclockwise direction.

2. A pendent dress form comprising a backless form simulating the human torso including a neck portion, the top of which is closed. and provided with an opening, suspension means for the form including a hook embodying a screwthreaded shank engageable through said opening, and means on the threaded portion of the shank and engageable with the inner face of the closed top of the neck to prevent accidental removal of the hook from the form.

3. A pendent dress form comprising a backless form simulating the human torso including a neck portion, the top of which is closed and provided with an opening, suspension means for the form including a hook embodying a screw-threaded shank engageable through said opening, a washer slidably mounted on said shank and en- 4 gaged with theinner face of the closed end of the neck, and means for securing the washer from displacement.

JACOB H. INSLEY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,088,340 Hamburger Feb. 24, 1914 2,089,267 Kalvin Aug. 10, 1937 2,127,941 Rock Aug. 23, 1938 2,325,428 Rowley et a1. July 2'7, 1943 Sieve Sept. 7, 1943 

